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As a fan, when your favorite team takes a quarterback in the first round you instantly start to wonder about the their future. One of the things you wonder about is whether they will start right away. None of us will know what the future holds for the five first round quarterbacks selected last month…

The major takeaway from the Alex Smith trade, other than the fact that Patrick Mahomes is going to be the starting quarterback in 2018 for the Kansas City Chiefs, is that Kirk Cousins is going to be able to test the free agent market. For the last two seasons Cousins has played on the franchise…

Sometimes in fantasy football you need to think big to win. Doug Moore presents his Week 9 fantasy football bold predictions that will separate you from the competition. We are now over halfway through the fantasy football regular season, which marks the time when owners may need to take some risks in order to orient themselves for a strong playoff…

Sometimes when your opponents zig, you need to zag. Doug Moore presents his Week 8 fantasy football bold predictions that will separate you from the competition. We are just about at the halfway point of the NFL season, and you need to be sure you have the right players in your fantasy lineups with six teams…

Every fantasy football player must have strategies for midseason pick-ups and potential injuries lest they find themselves the sucker in their league. Andrew Jordan offers a look at some mid-to-late round wide receiver options whose usage might help head off problems. It is tempting to be two or three rounds into your fantasy football draft and adore your starting wide receivers – so much…

The 2016 NFL season begins now, with 32 teams scheming to knock off the reigning champion Denver Broncos. The NFL Draft is just around the corner, but the first step in any offseason plan is to assess a team’s needs. Here we look at what the Oakland Raiders team needs are. These reports were compiled with…

Inside the Pylon wants to provide quality, educational and engaging content to our readers. Got a question about football? We will answer it, either here in a future edition of the ITP mailbag or in a longer article. Thanks for reading! Do the OSR/DSR statistics featured on your homepage have predictive value? Mike Backherms: In…

The Oakland Raiders impressive comeback victory over the Denver Broncos was sealed by a fake screen and a missed assignment. Daniel Syed takes an in-depth look at how the Raiders scored their go ahead touchdown. The Raiders come out in trips left on 3rd and 15, with Amari Cooper (#89), Seth Roberts (#10), and tight end Mychal Rivera…

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Few plays make more of a difference in winning and losing than a turnover resulting in a score: a strip-sack, a giveaway that shifts momentum, or a pick-six in overtime. Dave Archibald looks at a fourth-quarter interception by Kansas City in the Chiefs comeback win over the Oakland Raiders. After Week 6, the Chiefs were 1-5 and…

Teetering on the brink of playoff contention, the Raiders and their young quarterback Derek Carr are still a work-in-progress. One hopeful sign according to Ted Nguyen is the growth of the Oakland Raiders run-pass concepts. In week 12 of the 2015-16 season, the Raiders faced off against the Tennessee Titans. Derek Carr and the passing…

Gorge yourself on football talk, as Inside the Pylon’s writers and editors sat down to talk about football. All the fixings are here – quarterback play, draft strategy, play design – because we’re football nerds and we give thanks to you, our readers, for loving it as much as we do. Mark Schofield: Now Rev…

The NFL drive of Week 3 came just before halftime as the Cleveland Browns hosted Oakland Raiders. Already leading, the choice of how aggressive to be would come after a first down running play to start the clock. Mark Schofield details how timely execution led to the Raiders punching one in. The Browns cut the Raiders…

Quarterback to receiver connections can become legendary in the NFL: Montana to Rice, Manning to Wayne, and Brady to Welker are just a few that evoke powerful memories for fans. Mark Schofield looks at the first Carr to Cooper connection between Oakland Raiders quarterback Derek Carr and rookie wide receiver Amari Cooper. When the Oakland…

With the regular season around the corner, Inside The Pylon reached out to former NFL scout and current Scouting Academy director Dan Hatman for a cheat sheet on who the pros are keeping an eye on – and who may be in danger of losing their job. Here, he identifies which AFC West players to watch in 2015. Denver…

The NFL features plays every week that almost defy description – incredible displays of athleticism and awareness that leave fans in awe. Colin Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers are lagging behind in their division race and needed a win at New Orleans and with the game on the line, Kaepernick delivered a tremendous throw…